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THE LAW 

REGULATING THE 

PUBLIC SERVICE OF 
STALLIONS 

IN ILLINOIS 

AND ESTABLISHING A 

Stallion Registration Board 



In Fore© January 1st, 1910 



Illin.,i*rilHtr Kagistw, tfprir.pflf IJ. 



THE LAW 

REGULATING THE 

PUBLIC SERVICE OF 
STALLIONS 

IN ILLINOIS 

AND ESTABLISHING A 



Stallion Registration Board 

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In Porce Janxaary 1st, 1910 






JUm 



D. of D. 
DEC 1 t9ir 



THE LAW 

'^ An act to regulate the puUic service of Stal- 
lions in Illinois. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the 

i State of Illinois, represented in the General 
Assemhly: Every person, firm or company 
standing or offering any stallion for public 

- service in this State shall cause the name, de- 
scription, and pedigree of such stallion to be 
enrolled by a stallion registration board herein- 
after provided for and secure a license from 
said board, as provided in Section 3 of this 
Act. All enrollment and verification of pedi- 
gree shall be done in the office of the Secretary 
of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture. All 
license certificates for stallions issued under this 
Act shall thereupon be presented to and re- 
corded by the register of the deeds of the county 
or counties in which said stalllion is used for 
public service. 

>5 2. In order to carry out the provisions of 
this Act, there shall be constituted a Stallion 
R^gistration Board, whose duty it shall be to 
verify and register pedigrees; to pass upon 
certificates of veterinary examination; to pro- 
vide, when necessary, for veterinary inspection; 
to issue stallion license certificates; to make 
all necessary rules and regulations; and to 
perform such other duties as may be necessary 
to carry out and enforce the provisions of this 
Act. Said board shall hoild meetings at the 
office • of the Secretary of the Illinois State 
Board of Agriculture the first Tuesday and 
subsequent days of February, May, August and 
November of each year, and such other meet- 
ings as may be necessary. 

The Stallion Registration Board shall be 
composed of five members, consisting of the 
Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Agri- 



culture, who shall be, e.r-officio, secretary and 
executive officer of this Board; the State Vete- 
rinarian, who is a member of the State Board 
of Live Stock 'Commissioners; the President 
and Secretary of the Illinois Horse Breeders' 
Association, who shall not be one and the same 
person; and the President of the Illinois Farm- 
ers' Institute. 

§3. In order to obtain the license certificate 
herein provided for, the owner of each stallion 
shall iforward an affidavit signed by a licensed 
veterinarian to the effect that he has personally 
examined such stallion and that to the best of 
"his knowledge and belief said stallion is free 
from hereditary, infectious, contagious, or trans- 
missible disease or unsoundness. The owner of 
said stallion shall also furnish to the Stallion 
Registration Board the stud book certificate of 
legistry of the pedigree of the said stallion 
when said stallion is registered, and all other 
necessary papers relative to his breeding and 
ownership. Upon verification of pedigree ami 
certificate of breeding (in case of pure bred 
stallions) and receipt of veterinarian's affidavit, 
as provided for in this Act, a license certificat<i 
shalll be issued to the owner. 

§ 4. The presence of any one of the following 
named diseases shall disqualify a stallion for 
public service and the inspecting veterinarian 
is hereby cfuly authorized to refuse to give an 
affidavit of soundness to the owner of such 
stallions affected with any one or more of th-^ 
diseases herein specified in a transmissible or 
hereditary form, and the inspecting veterinarian 
shall so report the same to the Secretary of th; 
Stallion Registration Board: 

Periodic ophthalmia (moon blindness); bonD 
spavin; ringbone; bog spavin; curb when ac- 
companied with curby formation of hock; oi' 
any contagious or infectious disease. 



§ 5. Tihe Stallion Registration Board shall 
make and keep records of all stallions enrolled 
in the State of Illinois, said stallions to be 
enrolled as "pure bred," "cross bred," or 
"grade," according as the facts may have been 
determined. Upon making the enroWment of 
said stallion the Stallion Registration Board 
shall issue the above said license. 

The Stallion Registration Board is authorized 
in cases of emergency to grant temporary 
license certificates without veterinary examina- 
tions, upon receipt of an affidavit of the owner 
to the effect that to the best of his knowledge 
and belief said horse is free from infectious, 
contagious or transmissible disease or unsound- 
ness. Temporary license certificate shall be 
vallid only until veterinary examination can 
reasonably be made. 

§ 6. The owner of any stallion used for pub- 
lic service in this State shall post and keep 
affixed, during the entire breeding season, 
copies of the license certificate of such stallion, 
issued under the provisions of this Act, in a 
conspicuous place, both within and upon the 
outside of the main door leading to every stable 
or building where the said stallion is used for 
public service. 

Each biW and poster and each newspaper ad- 
vertisement shall show the enroll'-nent certifi- 
cate number and state whether it reads "pure- 
bred, grade or cross bred." 

S 7. Tihe license certificate issued for a stal- 
lion whose sire and dam are of pure breeding 
and the pedigree of which is registered in a 
stud book recognized by the United States De- 
partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 
an Act regulating the importation of breeding 
animals, approved March 3, 1903, shall be In 
the following form: 



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Illinois Stallion Registration Board 

Certificate of Pure-Bred Stallion No 

The pedigree of the stallion (name) 



Owned by 

Bred by 

Described as follows: 

Color Breed 

Foaled in the year , has been duly 

examined, and it is hereby certified that the 

said stallion is registered as number 

in stud book, said 

stud book being recognized and certified to by 
the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. The above named stallion 

has been examined by 

veterinarian, and is reported as free from in- 
fectious, contagious, or transmissible disease 
or unsoundness, and is licensed to stand for 
public service in the State of Illinois. 

This license expires on 19 ... . 

(Signed) 

Secretary Illinois State Board of 
Agriculture and Stallion Regis- 
tration Board. 

Date 19 

The license certificate issued for a grade 
stallion, whose sire or dam is not pure-bred, 
shall "be in the following form: 

Illinois Stallion Registration Board 



Certificate of Grade Stallion No. . 
The pedigree of the sta'Jlion (name) 



Owned by 

Bred by 

Described as follows; 



Color 

Foaled in the year has been duly ex- 
amined, and it is hereby certified that the said 
stallion is not of pure breeding and is, therefore, 
not eligible for regristration in any stud book 
recognized and certified to by the Secretary of 
the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D, C. The above named stallion has been ex- 
amined by ,. 

veterinarian, and is reported as free from in- 
fectious, contagious, or transmissible disease or 
unsoundness, and is licensed to stand for public 
service in the State of Illinois. 

This license expires on 19 ... . 

(Signed) 

Secretary Illinois State Board of 
Agriculture and Stallion Regis- 
tration Board. 

Date 19 

The license certificate issued for a stallion 
whose sire and darn are pure-bred, but not of 
the same breed, shall be in the following form: 

Illinois Stallion Regfistration Board 

Certificate of Cross-Bred Stallion No 

The pedigree of the stallion (name) 



Owned by 

Bred by 

Described as follows: 

Color 

Foaled in the year , has been duly 

examined, and it is found that his sire is regis- 
tered in the stud 

book as number and 'his dam in 

the stud book 

as number , volume 

and page 

Such being the case, the said stallion is not 
eligible for registration in any stud book recog- 



nized and certified to by the Secretary of the 
Department of Ag-riculture, Washing-ton, D. C. 
The above named stallion has been examined 

by veterinarian, 

and is reported as free from infectious, con- 
tagious, or transmissible disease or unsound- 
ness, and is licensed to stand for public service 
in the State of I'llinois. 

This license expires on 19. . . . 

(Signed) 

Secretary Illinois State Board of 
Agriculture and Stallion Regis- 
tration Board. 
Date 19 

§ 8. Fi-^ES.l A fee of $2.00 shall be paid to 
the Secretary of the Illinois Stallion Registra- 
tion Board for the examination and enrollment 
of each station pedigree and for issuance of a 
license certificate in accordance witih the breed- 
ing of the stallion as above provided, which 
shall be good for a period of one year, and to 
can-y out the provisions of this Act. The fee 
shall be paid to the Secretary of the Illinois 
Stallion Registration Board at the time the 
application is made for enrollment. 

Upon a transfer of the ownership of any 
stallion enrolled under the provisions of this 
Act, the certificate of enrollment may be trans- 
ferred to the transferee by the Secretary of 
the Illinois Stallion Registration Board upon 
submittal of .satisfactory proof of such transfer 
(»f ownership and upon payment of a fee of 
fifty cents. A fee of .$1.00 .shall be paid an- 
nually for the renewal of a license certificate. 

§ 9. Kvery stallion passing inspection shall 
be exempt fr.om further inspection, unless from 
later (level<)pm<iits it becomes kmrnn, and a 
(•«»mplaint i.s filed. cortifie<l to by three men, 



one of whom shall be a licensed veterinarian, 
that said stallion ihas some hereditary, con- 
tagious or infectious disease, which was not 
evident at the time of previous inspection. 
When sucih complaint is made and a request 
for inspection is asked for such complaint shall 
be filed with the Secretary of the Illinois Stal- 
lion Registration Board, who shall have another 
examination made. If such complaint is veri- 
fied it shall be so reported to the secretary, w!ho 
shall revoke the license in force: Provided, that 
the owner of any stallion used for public service 
in this State shall have a lien'on all colts sired 
by said stallion for the service fee for a period 
of one year from the date of the foaling of said 
colt. 

§ 10. Violation of any of the provisions of 
this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not ex- 
ceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each 
offense. 

§ 11. The funds accruing from the above 
named fees shall be used by the Stallion Regis- 
tration Board to defray the expenses of en- 
rollment of pedigrees and issuance of licenses; 
to provide for the examination of stallions when 
necessary; to publi.sih reports or bulletins con- 
taining lists of stallions examined, which shall 
be not less than every two years; to encourage 
the horse breeding interests of this State; to 
disseminate information pertaining to horse 
breeding, and for any other such purposes as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
and enforce the provisions of this Act. Each 
member of the above committee, excepting the 
Secretary, shall receive five dollars ($5.00) per 
day for each day actually employed under the 
provisions of this Act, together with his travel- 
ing expenses; the Secretary shall receive for 
his services an amount agreed upon by the 
Board; 



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It shall be the duty of the above said Stallion 
Registration Board to make an annual report, 
including financial statement, to the Governor 
of the State, and to enforce this law. All 
financial records of said Board shall be subject 
to inspection at any time by a public examiner, 

§ 12. This act shall take effect and be in 
force en and after January 1, 1910. 
Approved June 10, 1909. 



Stallion Registration Board 

S. NouLE King, ------- President 

Blooming-ton, 111. 
Theodore Smith, ----- Vice-President 

Auburn, III. 
J. P, Mason, ______ Treasurer 

Elgin, 111. 
Dr. J. M. Wright, - - - Field Superintendent 

1827 Wal)ash Ave.. Chicago, 111. 
J. K. DiCKiRSON, ------ Secretary 

Springfield, 111. 



All communications should be addressed to 
the Secretary at Springfield, 111. 



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